Fats, Oil, and Grease (FOG) are primarily generated by restaurants and other institutional food-service establishments and are major contributors to municipal wastewater collection system and onsite treatment system (septic system) blockages and overflows.

A clean 10-foot sewer pipe, versus the same sewer pipe with grease build-up.

As the environmental community moves to manage FOG more stringently, it is essential that there be adequate treatment capacity to manage the material removed from these wastewater systems.

The workshops focus on treating the material once it is removed from the wastewater system and emphasize that there are properties within this material making it suitable for various types of beneficial reuse.

Collection Systems

The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission is a not-for-profit interstate agency that utilizes a variety of strategies to meet the water-related needs of our member states—Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. NEIWPCC serves and assists our states by coordinating activities and forums that encourage cooperation among the states and providing overall leadership in water management and protection.